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President Biden's decision to shorten his upcoming Asia trip and skip a meeting of leaders of the strategic U.S.-India-Japan-Australia "Quad" group to deal with the debt crisis in Washington marks a blow to the ongoing U.S. campaign to show itself a reliable partner for countering China's increasingly aggressive rise in the region and on the world stage.
Patrick Cronin appears on the Defense and Aerospace Podcast to discuss the debt crisis, expected nomination of C.Q. Brown as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the Marcos-Biden summit, Taiwan, drones, and allies.
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"These announcements move from extended deterrence to a new level of nuclear power sharing. South Korea [now] has a serious voice in nuclear planning," regional expert Patrick Cronin told Breaking Defense.
On trade, U.S., South Korea promise to strengthen technological cooperation.